Russell FreedmanRussell Freedman

Michal-Ann GolayMichal-Ann Golay

Alicia HenriquezAlicia Henriquez

Aradhana MudambiAradhana Mudambi

BiographyBiography

• Born on October 11, 1929

• San Francisco

• Not great in school

• Won a city wide essay contest in Jr. High

• Majored in English Literature at UC Berkley

• Served in the Armed Forces

Entrance Into WritingEntrance Into Writing

• Worked as a reporter/editor

• Mid-1950’s, worked as a publicist

• 1961 – First Book:

Teenagers Who Made History

Some ThemesSome Themes

Non-Fiction

• Historical eras

• Animal lives and behaviors

Some BooksSome Books

• Two-Thousand Years of Space• Travel, Holiday House, 1958• Teenagers Who Made History, Holiday House, • 1961• Jules Verne, Holiday House 1967• Dinosaurs and Their Young, Holiday House, 1983• Cowboys of the Wild West, Ticknor and Fields, 1983• Rattlesnakes, Holiday House, 1984• Indian Chiefs, Holiday House, 1987• The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, 1991• An Indian Winter, Holiday House 1992• Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery, 1993• Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor, 1994• Out of Darkness, The Story of Louis Braille, Clarion Books, 1997

AwardsAwards

• Newberry Honor, 1992, 1994

• Newberry Medal, 1998

• Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nonfiction Honor Book, 1984

• Orbis Pictus Honors Book, 1995, 1991

• Golden Kite Award,1991, 1994

• Utah Children’s Information book Award Nominee 1996-1997

One Last AwardOne Last Award

2007 National Humanities Medal

Teacher ResourcesTeacher Resources• Russell Freedman Teacher Resource File• http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/freedman.htm• Lincoln: A photobiography Lesson Plan • http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/linc/linctg.html• Eleanor Roosevelt Lesson Plan• http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/Roosevel.htm• Immigrant Kids Lesson Plan• http://www.queensmuseum.org/education/ps144/curricula/lct-immigrantkids.html• The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane Lesson Plan• http://www.maslibraries.org/infolit/samplers/wright.html• Interview with Russell Freedman• http://www.childrensliteratureconnection.org/resources-rf-interview.htm• Immigrant Kids Resources• http://daily-tangents.com/BOB/BookLink/L/L_immig.shtml• The Alliance for the Study and Teaching

of Adolescent Literature at Rhode Island College – Author Resources• http://www.astal-ric.org/russellfreedman.htm• (bio, bibliography, awards, reviews, summaries, suggested teaching activities)

..More Resources..More Resources

• Bookfest 01- Russell Freedman BookTalk

• http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3428

• Good Conversation! A Talk with Russell Freedman. video or DVD. 21 min. Tim Podell Prods. (goodconversations.com). 2007. ISBN 1-58543-043-8.

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